Stop being pawns to politicians – Prince Adebayo
Emmanuel Alfred
The Presidential Candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Prince Adewole Adebayo has accused Nigerian youths of collecting money to tweet and march for certain Presidential Candidates ahead of the 2023 General Elections.
He made this known at a book launch in Abuja recently, saying Nigeria’s past heroes are purveyors of injustices.
Prince Adebayo implored Nigerians to use their Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) to punish the injustices perpetuated by past leaders and not to vote for politicians who can’t fix insecurity, poverty, and the many challenges bedeviling the country.
The legal luminary stressed that the emergence of a new political movement would not guarantee any change if Nigerians can’t fix themselves first.
“Nigerians are the ones to fix Nigeria, but the people who have damaged the country are the same people vying to fix Nigeria. The first thing is to fix ourselves”. He said
“The reason we are having election next year is not because we have learnt any lesson but because it is time for election. If we use the same matrix we have been using in previous elections, we will continue to have the same result.
“And as we sing in our National Anthem, the labours of our heroes past shall not be in vain, what about the injustices of our heroes past?
“So something went wrong with the first republic that is why we had the military intervention, something went wrong with the Army that is why we had the peoples revolt against it, something went wrong with PDP that was why we had the APC
He called on the collective effort of Nigerians towards nation building by saying: “What I will say to Nigerians is what I will say to my mechanic, do you understand what is wrong with this car, If you can’t fix my car, please don’t damage it further.
“If we want to fix Nigeria, we need to make up our minds; I have gone round the country, I have seen some people who want to fix the country, some who want to fix themselves in positions.
“I have seen people who want to fix the country but don’t want certain things to be touched because those things they like shouldn’t be fixed rather those things they don’t like. I have met people who want to fix Nigeria but refuse to agree that they are part of the problem.
“Some believe they are innocent. Many of the innocent people I see in politics today, are youths and Women. I understand that every youth in Nigeria is angry with the country, but in reality, everybody is part of the problem”. He added.
